The role of negation in the grammaticalization of ability verbs

Abstract

This paper investigates the role of negation in grammaticalization in Iquito, an endangered Zaparoan language of the Peruvian Amazon. Iquito has a verb, pajɨɨni, which has undergone two paths of grammaticalization only in negated clauses. First, pajɨɨni has grammaticalized from “learn” to “be able to.” Subsequently, it is undergoing grammaticalization from an ability verb to a future auxiliary. Given that ability verbs are an uncommon source for future auxiliaries (Bybee et al. 1994), this study provides a detailed case study of this rare path. Our analysis of Iquito demonstrates that grammaticalization paths are not limited to affirmative contexts and may behave differently depending on the polarity of the utterance.

Form and function of negation in German and Indonesian: Searching for equivalent construction of meaning

“…The findings of this study support other studies which show that negation has a particular grammar, a resource for making meaning (Beukeboom, et al, 2019;Wilson & Hansen, 2019). The role of negation is significant in language use that could make a stereotypical sense and more grammatically complex.…”

“…A study related to negation has become a fascinating topic for most of the language researchers. linguistic description of its use at sentence levels as a process of meaning-making in a certain context of language use (Beukeboom, Burgers, Szabo, Cvegic, Lonnqvist, & Welbers, 2019;Kavac, 2019;Macleod, 2019;Wilson & Hansen, 2019), the use and meanings of negation in classroom practices (Gil, Marsden, & Wong, 2017;Yang, 2017),…”